Cinderstar: I'm going to do the POV's in this order: Lilykit, Firekit, Gracekit. And the other three siblings will come along later.

Snowstar: Cool. Good thinking, Cinderstar.

Cinderstar: It's actually both of our thinking, as we are the same person.

Tigerstar: I'm not.

Cinderstar: Quit appearing!
*Sounds of fighting can be heard in background*

Snowstar: Um... We don't own Tigerstar or Warriors.

Cinderstar: We don't...?

Gracekit's POV

Gracekit heard a faint mew in her dreams. Waking up, she saw Firekit standing over her.

"Wake up! I need to tell everyone something." Gracekit knew that by 'everyone' he meant all of the kits.

"Okay," replied a very tired Gracekit. She forced herself up and padded to the entrance.

They met in the back of the nursery, six kits crowding up the small space where only two cats could easily fit. "Why can't this space be any bigger?" Amberkit grumbled.

"It doesn't matter!" Firekit growled. "Did you know Thunderclan lost the battle yesterday? He could have let us fight! Were almost six moons old!"

Hopkit frowned. "I don't think so. Are you sure...?"

Firekit nodded and mewed, "I know so!"

"I think Yellowstar didn't make us apprentices yesterday for a reason," Gracekit meowed.

"Why?" Lilykit asked.

Gracekit gulped. "We're too young to battle aren't we?" She shifted her paws uncomfortably, knowing what Firekit's answer was about to be. And she was right, of course.

"No! I'm not too young! Let me-" Angry Firekit was cut off by Amberkit, who said, "I still can't believe we lost the battle yesterday! Still!"

Firekit's ears turned red. "Let me speak, Amberkit!" He yowled, "I can fight! I can fight in the battles against Windclan right now!" Dropping his voice a little, he mewed, "I hope Yellowstar makes us apprentices today. Wont that be the best? Then we can kick Windclan's butt before they take over more land!"

"What?" Gracekit and Lilykit hissed. "They took territory?" Jumpkit and Amberkit cried out. Hopkit was the only calm one. "I still don't think Yellowstar was very happy about that, now was he?" the tom mused.

Firekit shook his head. "He wasn't!"

Gracekit still had a question. "How did you find out about this?" she asked. Firekit gave her a smirk. "I overheard the leader, Yellowstar, and our medicine cat, Grasslace, talking about it yesterday night- I mean, last night."

"Okay. Now I'm going to go get some fresh kill..." Jumpkit padded away.

Amberkit and Gracekit murmured agreement and followed their brother, with Lilykit right behind them. Turning her head, Gracekit saw Hopkit and Firekit talking quietly behind the nursery. What are they planning? She wondered.

Sunhigh- Hopkit's POV

As soon as their siblings left, Firekit and Hopkit got right down to business.

"What should we do to get Yellowstar impressed? It has to be so big, he'll have to make us apprentices!" Firekit mewed excitedly.

"We could find an enemy like a fox and beat it," Hopkit suggested. "wait- no, we couldn't do that. Yellowstar would just get mad at us!"

"Yeah," Firekit agreed. "That's why we should create a problem, and save a warrior or kit or apprentice!"

Hopkit was troubled. He thought that they would definitely get in trouble if they did that. What could they do? Then it came to him. "Windclan!" he burst out. "Our problem right now is Windclan, so we should help fight them or something! We could spy on them!"

"That's perfect!" Firekit exclaimed. "We will spy on them! Should we let in the others on our plan?"

Hopkit shook his head. "Of course not. They would get in the way, or cause trouble, or tell Brighttail about the plan. No, we need to do this on our own."

"Okay. Lets go now, after we eat."

"Sure."

Jumpkit's POV

Jumpkit shared a mouse with Gracekit that morning as Amberkit shared a tiny vole with Lilykit. Jumpkit had just finished when he saw a dashing Firekit. He was running to the thorn tunnel that led out of camp. Following him was Hopkit, slightly slower but catching up fast. "Firekit! Hopkit! Where are you going?" Jumpkit asked the pair of kits. But they ignored him.

Where are they going? What are they doing? He wondered.

"Gracekit! Amberkit! Lilykit! Firekit and Hopkit are leaving camp!" he breathed.

"What? They can't be!" Amberkit gasped. But it was true and as the three she-kits could see the edge of Hopkit's tail disappearing through the thorn tunnel.

"We have to go after them!" Lilykit announced.

"Go after who?" another voice questioned. The four kits spun around to see their mother, Brighttail. "Who are you going after, Lilykit?" she repeated.

"I-um, we want to go after Hopkit and Firekit b-because they left camp. Hopkit and me and Amberkit and Gracekit saw them leave th-through the thorn tunnel, momma, Brighttail! We wanted to s-see what they were doing!" Lilykit just managed to stutter to her mother. Brighttail nodded. "Okay then, Lilykit. But shouldn't you tell Yellowstar, or me first before you go off on your own? And through the forest! That's a big no-no."

The four kits hung their heads. "We are very sorry, momma!" Gracekit meowed solemnly. "We wont try to go off on our own again!"

"Good. Now, we need to tell Yellowstar. Lilykit, please go and do that. Jumpkit, go tell Raventooth. Amberkit, tell Grasslace just in case the two run into trouble. And Gracekit, wait here with me."

The four kits nodded and ran off to their specific duties. Jumpkit ran to the warrior's den and saw a dark shape curled up in the far corner nest. "Raventooth!" he hissed.

Raventooth got up groggily and shook his head to wake himself up. "What is it...Jumpkit?"

"Um, well Firekit and Hopkit are missing! They left through the thorn tunnel."

Raventooth was up at once. "What do you want me to do?"

"Brighttail wants you. You could go on the patrol to help find them?" Jumpkit offered as father and son walked out of the warrior's den and to where Brighttail, Gracekit, Yellowstar, Lilykit, and Amberkit where waiting.

"Where is Grasslace?" asked Brighttail. "She is getting herbs ready." Amberkit replied.

Yellowstar sat down, eating a mouse. "Good. Now, Raventooth, Brighttail, Grasslace, and... Mudwing. You'll go." When his name was called Mudwing padded over to the group. "I heard. Lets go."

"Wait- we want to go too!" Amberkit whined. "Pleeeaasseee?"

Brighttail shook her head. "Not until your apprentices, you can't."

Yellowstar looked up from his mouse. "Hm... Actually, it looks like they are six moons. But are there six available mentors?"

Raventooth nodded. "Yes, yes there is."

Jumpkit exchanged an excited look with Lilykit. They were about to become apprentices!

Yellowstar jumped onto the Highledge. "All cats old enough to catch their own prey come here for a clan meeting!"

Brighttail jumped up and hissed in his ear, "not now! We don't have the time!"

"OK OK!" replied a very angry and annoyed Yellowstar. "All warriors without apprentices come here right now!"

Jaggedfur, Laurelclaw, and Heatherfang came out of the warrior's den while Muskrat padded out of the elder's den- she must have been chatting with the only elder of Thunderclan- Lightfur.

"Great Starclan!" Jumpkit heard Yellowstar mutter. "We need one more mentor!"

Then, emerging from the thorn tunnel came Robinpaw, Thornpaw, Patchfur, and Whitepelt. They all looked sweaty and tired because they had just come back from training.

"Good!" Yellowstar announced. "Who would like to be a mentor?"

All of the warriors came forward but Muskrat. Jumpkit sighed- Muskrat might have been a good mentor for him.

"OK then, Jaggedfur and Laurelclaw, come up!"

The two came forward and dipped their heads. "This is rushed but is needed. Jaggedfur, you will mentor Jumppaw. He is energetic and so were you as a kit and apprentice. Teach him everything you know."

The rest of the cats called out Jumppaw's name a few times, and made Jumppaw so happy he could have done a back flip. He was an apprentice now!

Gracekit got Laurelclaw, Amberkit got Whitepelt, Hopkit was chosen to mentored by Patchfur, Firekit by Heatherfang, and then-.

"Lilykit, come forward. I shall mentor you, and channel your energy and spirit to use of a warrior. You are now Lilypaw!"

"Wow!" Lilypaw exclaimed as the clan called out, "Lilypaw! Lilypaw!"

"This meeting is over. The ones I selected for patrol, come here. And Mudwing, bring your apprentice." Mudwing nodded and took Thornpaw, and they joined the patrol.

Jumppaw's heart sank. He was made an apprentice, had a great mentor... and still didn't get to go rescue his brothers.

At least they are going to be apprentices when they get back, he thought as the search patrol left. But he would still be a warrior! This is the best day of my life! And aloud, he mewed, "So, Jaggedfur, what are we going to do now?" But he kept wondering, Where is Hopkit and Firekit? Are they safe?

As if answer to his question, there was a screech above the hollow.

Cliffhanger! Well, maybe not exactly, since I'm writing the next chapter right aft er this. But still, what will happen to Hopkit and Firekit? Will they ever make it to Windclan?

Cinderstar: Read on to find out!

Snowstar: Waiting to read Fanfics. The story of my life.

Cinderstar: No it isn't...